Help with Enemy Spawn and Damage

Hello everyone, I'm newish to construct 2 so I've run into a few issues. I'm working on just a demo for an idea I had for language learning. Here is my CAPX

drive.google.com/file/d/1kIsGaGQGHGyyT3FnLxf9eg_kiiwgZq3N/view?usp=sharing

First problem I'm running into is spawning an enemy... right now I'm not worried about movement, I just want them to spawn within a range of the spawn box. I also want it so if there is one in the area it won't spawn another one except for a random amount of time.

Second issue is how do I get my attacks to target the enemy that is clicked on, and how to affect the health of that specific enemy only.

Third that I don't really need help with yet is getting "wrong" answers put into the buttons without repeating. I haven't worked on that much but any suggestions would be great.

I do apologize I'm sure my coding is a complete mess....

The first problem looks resolved as it spawns one only based on the logic. To use a range you can use random(x,y) where x and y would be the left and right co-ords of the box.

For the second problem you need a parameter sent through the function, they are useful things. When you call a function it doesn't pick instances from the previous actions, to get around this you send the enemy UID through the function as a parameter. Then inside the function event you add a condition to pick enemy where enemy UID = parameter, this will pick the one you clicked on originally.

For the third problem at its simplest you could use choose(1,2,3,4) which would set an answer from a choice of answers or you can look at Arrays where you can store many answers kind of like a spreadsheet and pick from them.

The first problem looks resolved as it spawns one only based on the logic. To use a range you can use random(x,y) where x and y would be the left and right co-ords of the box.

It does not only spawn one though it continuously spawns. I'll keep messing with it though. I changed the enemy to a family and such since I just learned about that.

For the second problem you need a parameter sent through the function, they are useful things. When you call a function it doesn't pick instances from the previous actions, to get around this you send the enemy UID through the function as a parameter. Then inside the function event you add a condition to pick enemy where enemy UID = parameter, this will pick the one you clicked on originally.

Thank you!

For the third problem at its simplest you could use choose(1,2,3,4) which would set an answer from a choice of answers or you can look at Arrays where you can store many answers kind of like a spreadsheet and pick from them.

I was just thinking about an array so I will try to implement that. Thank you very much for the help!

Ah right it's because you're using a tiled background which has no collision, you should be using a sprite.

Ah right it's because you're using a tiled background which has no collision, you should be using a sprite.

I'll give that a try, thank you!

I changed it to a sprite but it still does not work. Also I created bounding boxes but the left one does not work. I've messed around with my movment variables and the left and right but I don't think that's the problem.

I updated the CAPX with all the changes I've made. I started expanding on other stuff while trying to figure out what was going on with the enemies.

You'll have to explain what you did and what is broken because that object is still a tiled background and the event related to it seems to be disabled.